It was a nasty climb the surface was really slippery. [Froome] had some bad luck and he crashed but as a team we went well and we brought him to the front and finally we made it through. It has been a hard Giro for us but we are going well, we are keeping the motivation high and we are sure that the team can win the race and go for it.

It was a hard week for all of us but we are getting better day by day. We are riding our stages and from now on the parcours is better for us. Now is our time and we have to do it.

We wanted to be in front for the climb. We knew because of the rain in the final, the hairpins would be very slippery. We wanted to take them in the front. We rode an even tempo. It was a very hard start, so maybe the breakaway didn’t have good enough legs to stay away.